[2019]DLHC8607 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">REGINALD REYNOLDS AMPONSAH SUBSTITUTED BY JOSEPH DWUMOH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language: #0C00;mso-fareast-language:#0C00">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">ELECTRICITY COMPANY OF GHANA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">[HIGH COURT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">, KUMASI</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SUIT NO.IRL/52/2014</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> DATE: </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:#0C00;mso-fareast-language:#0C00">11<sup>TH</sup> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-language:#0C00">NOVEMBER</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language: #0C00;mso-fareast-language:#0C00">, 2019</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SEAN POKU FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">ANTHONY MMIEH JNR.FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE FRANCIS OBIRI, HIGH COURT JUDGE<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The plaintiff per his writ of summons pursuant to an order of the court dated 11<sup>th</sup> March 2019 is praying for the following reliefs against the defendant:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">a)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Declaration of title in favour of the plaintiff against the defendant, for all that piece of land known as plots 1 and 2 in the Government Residential layout in Mampong (sic) in the Ashanti Region, bounded on or towards the northeast by Cul-de-Sac and open space measuring 490 feet, on or towards the southeast by the Kumasi to Ejura motor road measuring 315 feet, on or towards the southwest by plots No. 5 and 6 measuring 390 feet on or towards the northwest by plot No. 3 measuring 300 feet containing an approximate areas of 132000 square feet which piece of land is delineated on plan No.LDA 893/S21242<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">b)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An order for the recovery of possession of the plaintiff land which is the subject matter of this suit, from the defendant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">c)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Damages in favour of the plaintiff for the trespass committed by the defendant on the plaintiff land.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">d)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An order for perpetual injunction to restrain the defendant whether by herself, or her servants, workmen or agents or otherwise from trespassing or undertaking any development or dealing with or in any manner interfering with the plaintiff’s ownership or right as well as possession of the land which is the subject matter of this suit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">e)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Cost incidental to the prosecution of this suit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">f)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-eas